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Was awarded the BAKER Scholarship for 1925 with his design for 'A propylaeum or monumental entrance built as a War Memorial for the passage of people on foot only, through a great retaining wall about twenty-five feet high on the face of a cliff surrounding a town on a kopje' (SAAR Jun 1925:34); the subject matter was set by Herbert Baker. Ward joined the PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT in Pretoria in 1929 and became a senior architectural assistant in 1936. ISAA 1927. (ISAA mem lists; PSL 1936:182; SAAR Jun 1925:34-8, 43 ill; SAAR Jun 1953:37 death notice) Publ: The General Post Office, Cape Town, PWSA Jan 1939:15-20 ill All truncated references not fully cited in 'References' are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. References
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